2psyop
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| Suggestions on improvement Short story for OP. I am retired Army. Hearing went bad in Field Atillery and Air Defense Artillery units. Once I got out, 24 years later I had lost upper mid freq and higher freq band hearing. My wife told me to get tested at the VA and once my ... | |
| Suggestions on improvement Get some hearing aids. That will help you hear your system better. Start there. | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes Yogiboy comments; I have had the same experience that yogiboy has had with Sylvania and GE nos tubes. They are terrific. Many are the military robust ones with a slight variation in the model name/number (JAN). The best brands I have tried are RC... | |
| Analysis Plus Oval 9 I have always used these cables with my two audio systems. I get the bi-wire version. I think of them as a poor man’s high end cable. They sound terrific to me. | |
| Where Do I Go from Here? I would attend a few audio shows. I would NOT be in any hurry to buy speakers since you have really good ones now. I am sure if you find the speaker that you really like, you would be in a position to order them at the show. If I were spending tha... | |
| Anyone else treated poorly by AVA? I don’t know about AVA. I will say that another small audio outfit that has a thread on audio circle treated me really bad and the product and service was terrible. I was made aware there are many fans of the company, that to order and get custome... | |
| Long time lurker looking for HT opinions I do like Focal speakers and my vote goes to the L/C/R approach where all speakers are totally matched (same brand). I read that with HT movie soundtracks, when sounds move from speaker to speaker, it makes sense to have all speakers totally match... | |
| The Horror Enjoy what you have. Life is far too short to live by “what ifs”, “ I want that instead” or “what does it take to get this other thing”. Think about it, it is only a stereo. Perspective is everything. Take a look at this guy and see what he is doi... | |
| Tidal removing all MQA Listen to whatever media you like, (albums, digital, digital streaming, analog tape) and whatever file format ,(FLAC, MQA, raw analog, tape, digital lossless, AIFF, or low resolution digital files). There is enough room for all music devices and q... | |
| MQA....again. I wonder what audiophiles will say about the cassette tape format that is coming back. I am sure the talk will focus on how badly it sounds. | |
| a naive question about HT speakers I would add this. All speaker should be in tonality…in sync. The problem with mixing speakers is that sounds in HT tracks go from speaker to speaker and should not sound different. That’s what I would look for, same brand and model, built for HT u... | |
| Digital vs Analog experiment In my experience with some of those similar file formats is that the source equipment made a big difference. I had some friends listen to CDs, streamed files on two different brands of streamers, switched out DAC and also used an older turntable w... | |
| MQA....again. The same criticism you see for turntables are seen for MQA. Have you not seen how much money is being invested in bringing turntables and record albums back? That’s invested money. I don’t really think you can make turntables sound better…. the te... | |
| MQA....again. MQA sounds very much like the turntable debate. Digital music keeps improving and streaming and DACs improve. Turntable and analog is not needed, old technology. So many people buying expensive record players and record albums. It’s a gimmick to m... | |
| YouTube star Jay loves McIntosh MC 901 amplifier Jay usually luvs whatever he gets. He has some very hi end gear but I question his objectivity. The relationship between dealers and brands is well known. |